Mr Maynier

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Mr Maynier (19**-19**) was an amateur actor.

Biography

He is listed as one of the "well known names" and "really clever amateurs" seen in a Cape Town performance by William Groom in 1843 (1899: p 518, cited by Bosman: 1928[1]: pp.417).

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

1843: Was one of "clever amateurs" mentioned by Groom (1899: p 518) to have taken part in an English performance of The Miller and his Men, offered by an unnamed English company (see English Private Theatricals)in the "Dutch Theatre" in Roeland street, some time in 1843. It was followed by a farce.

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 417, 492

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